Friday, May 29, 2020

English Communication Skills 1: Issues of the internet - Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal・インターネットの問題「フェスブック・ケンブリッジアナリティカスキャンダル」

Hello!


How are you? Today here is another video about an issue that is still timely, and the impact of it is still ongoing - the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal that began in 2014. This has become an issue of the internet that has a social point to it because of the data mining that collects personal information about users, which goes into issues of privacy.  

While data mining is not against the law in any country (including Japan), the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal is an example of data mining gone into questionable and possibly illegal areas. 

Activity
Watch the video below. Watch it as many time as you need. (If you have any trouble watching it directly here, go to the link here, or look for "Facebook's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, explained" on YouTube at https://youtu.be/VDR8qGmyEQg)


What do you think of this issue? When you visit some websites, especially those that use cookies, do you sometimes feel that you cannot trust it? Do you feel that some websites are gathering data about you in ways you cannot control and that you do not want them to? 

I hope this will add more understanding about this issue. 

Keep safe!


Image: By David Whelan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/davidpwhelan/26614834084/, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58020376
Video uploaded from YouTube. I do not own the rights to the content. All rights reserved to the copyright holder(s). uploaded for classroom purposes only. 

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